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Saturday Matinee – Rats & Star, Oh!Sharels & Shelly Trip Realize
Rats & Star (ラッツ&スター, Rattsu ando Sutā), formerly called Chanels, was a Japanese pop group that specialized in R&B & soul music… in blackface. Good stuff otherwise. {Had to update the vid. Original was sent to the YouTube gulag.]
Oh!Sharels is also Japanese and also do some nice retro covers, like this 1959 hit by the Flamingos (which was a cover of the song from 1934).
How ’bout some Japanese rockabilly? Not sure just what to make of Shelly (aka Shelly Trip Realize, aka Tinc), but the band rocks.
Have a great weekend or something. See you back here tomorrow for stuff.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 621 – A Short Interview, A Wet Kiss & HOLY CRAP WTF WAS THAT?!
That’s a cold bowl of noodles.
Saturday Matinee – 405: The Movie, Hank Jr., The Cleverlys & Run C&W
That’s my afternoon commute, the southbound 405. Thank God for Imperial Highway, the 105 & the 110, and God bless Wayz!
Heard that on a houseboat on a remote bank of Dale Hollow Lake in 1980, and the song suddenly popped into my head. It’s not PC 40 years later, but I still like it.
How ’bout some pickin’ & grinnin’? Black Eyed Peas ala Bill Monroe performed by The Cleverlys at Larry’s Country Diner.
Run C&W escaped my radar until now. Nice version of Sam & Dave‘s 1966 hit.
IIRC, Sam & Dave were in the Stax studio with the studio session band (Booker T. & the M.G.s). Steve Cropper had just come out of the restroom down the hall when Booker Jones (or Duck Dunn) hollered something like, “Steve! Check out this groove!” Cropper yelled back, “Hold on! I’m coming” and a song title was born.
For decades I thought “M.G.” stood for “Memphis Group.” Apparently not.
Have a great weekend, and may Kansas City pound the 49ers.
The .GIF Friday Post No. 620 – Snow Drift Diver, Beer Bong Blowzit & Cannonball Cannonball
Black & Decker sells these, too.
dogmelts
[Found here and everywhere.]
THEY’RE HERE.
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“If you buy a bucket of chicken, check it before you leave, or all you’ll get are backs and feet.” –Grampa Strutts
“The instant you pull out of your driveway you become traffic and everyone hates you.” –Bunk Strutts
“If Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy. If Papa ain’t happy, nobody gives a shit.” –Anonymous
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[Top image: Painted gourd found in my garage. Artwork by Bunkessa years ago.]
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